IN THE NIGHT I DID SING

by O'Kane Foster ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, 1942

A picture of a Mexican community in the Taos Valley, picturing them as an unassimilated minority of these United States. There is no plot per se -- rather is it a record of the conflict between the Church and the secret sect of the Penitentes, the white tourists, the artists, the Mexicans, parents and children, poverty and debt, the love of the land, the haves and the have nots, blended into a portrait of a people against an overcrowded canvas. There is much of custom, legend, folksong, in sympathetic handling, but the plot seems broken, episodic, symbolic -- and fails to grip.

Pub Date: Feb. 1, 1942

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Scribner

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1942

Categories: FICTION